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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 - 12:04 pm
Looks like winter is here for real: The higher elevations in upstate New York, including the tops of the Catskills peaks, are looking at a few inches of wet snow tonight.
The National Weather Service has also issued a hard freeze alert that covers Greene... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 - 10:07 am
Kerry Henderson, the executive director of the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice (and this year's leading man in the festival's production of Don Giovanni), gave the National Endowment for the Arts a charming interview this week on the NEA's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 - 9:27 am
Above: Video by the Daily Freeman.
The Freeman reports today that Saugerties couple Debbie Bundschuh and Rick Gailor narrowly escaped an early-morning fire that destroyed their house on West Saugerties Road.
The hero of the story is Max, a two-year-old... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 11:29 am
Photo of wolf in Wolf Park, Battle Ground, Indiana by Flickr user sometimesong. Published under Creative Commons license.
It's official: Wolves are the new cougars.
A study published recently in Northeastern Naturalist, by Roland Kays and Robert Feranec... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 11:27 am
Above: Mike Ondish's and his1968 Shelby Mustang in a poster for the documentary Demon on Wheels.
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with Christina Eliopoulos, the director of the documentary Demon on Wheels, and her subject,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 8:28 am
Dear Editor,
I am supporting Holley Carnright for District Attorney of Ulster County.
As our current DA, Holley Carnright has prosecuted over 18,000 cases and more than 100 individual members of street gangs in Ulster County. He has a 95% felony... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 8:15 am
A 27-year-old man has been arrested for assaulting two other men in Windham on Sunday, according to the Daily Freeman.
The paper reports that Edward A. Russell fired a shotgun inside a residence on Mitchell Hollow Road in Windham on Sunday, and that the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 7:55 am
Above: The beginning of the Escarpment Trail. According to a post on the Catskill Mountaineer Forum, the hiker's body was found on this trial on Monday. Photo from Catskill Mountaineer.
10/16/11 Update: A man died while hiking on the Escarpment Trail in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 - 8:24 pm
Above: Video footage of the entire hour-and-a-half-long forum, which was also broadcast on WIOX 91.3 FM in Roxbury. Video by Fred Margulies.
With incumbent Len Utter stepping down after over a decade in the position, and three independent candidates on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 - 3:40 pm
Photo of new street sign in Allaben sporting a Catskills Park disc logo. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
Stalwart Watershed Post correspondent Aaron Bennett has noticed a new crop of Catskill Park signage going up in Shandaken this week. (The first batch of new... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 - 11:26 am
Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced more stops on his administration's ongoing tour of flood-damaged communities in upstate New York.
This afternoon, Environmental Facilities Corporation CEO Matthew Driscoll will visit Sidney and Margaretville... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 3:42 pm
The Olive Meet-the-Candidates Forum at the Olive Town Meeting Hall, October 22, 2011. Photo by Julia Reischel.
About 40 Olive residents turned out on Saturday morning on October 22 to meet their candidates for various town offices at a candidates' forum... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 3:09 pm
Detail of a map from Lamont Engineers showing how much of Delaware Engineering's 2007 design for the Phoenicia wastewater treatment plant they can build with existing funds. Green lines show Lamont's proposed sewer connections; red lines show connections... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 12:29 pm
The Watershed Post sponsored a meet-the-candiates forum for candidates running for office in the town of Andes on Sunday, October 23, 2011. The forum was moderated by Presbyterian pastor Steve Swanson and timed by Andes resident Jack McShane. The Andes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 10:16 am
Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced this morning that several members of his administration will be touring flood-damaged communities in upstate New York this week, beginning this afternoon.
Today, Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy and Environmental... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 9:10 am
Photo taken October 15, 2011 by Flickr user scottnj. Published under Creative Commons license.
The fall foliage may be on its way out, but there's vivid color in the Catskills landscape if you know where to look for it. For instance: This proud, Pepto-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 - 2:06 pm
Footage from the First Annual Saugerties Zombie Crawl in 2010, by Zachary Coons.
The undead walk again in Saugerties, as the town plays host to a crew of shambling, rotting, groaning zombies. Tonght, October 22, is the second annual Zombie Crawl -- and... Read more
By Carol La Monda on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 - 8:09 pm
Photo of the Bushkill Creek in Olive by Ed Ostapczuk.
I remember more vivid autumns. Then again, I don't remember mowing the grass in the middle of October. I think all this rain caused the leaves to drop before they turned their bright colors. Mother... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 - 7:37 pm
The Daily Star reports today that Joseph Ermeti, municipal attorney for the Delaware County town of Sidney, was arrested over a month ago on third-degree assault charges.
The Daily Star's report has few details on the arrest, but notes that Ermeti is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 - 4:01 pm
This just in from Dorothy Maffei, Margaretville's indefatigable flood relief volunteer organizer.
The village of Margaretville needs volunteers on Sunday, October 23 at 11am to help move unsorted donations to a warehouse. There are (ulp) two tractor-... Read more
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